Oshawa police are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed several times in the area of Simcoe Street North and Bond Street during the early hours of Saturday, May 30, 2026.
Durham Regional Police officers on proactive patrol found the injured man around 5:00 a.m. The victim was taken to a Toronto-area trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe the stabbing happened about an hour earlier in a nearby field.
Detectives from the Central East Division are asking anyone with cell phone, dash camera, or surveillance video from the area, or anyone who has information about the incident, to contact Det. Barr at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 1705. Tips can also be left anonymously through Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), which could make callers eligible for a cash reward.
The stabbing is the latest in a string of violent events in the same neighbourhood. On December 21, 2025, a shooting sent a man to a Toronto-area trauma centre. Then on May 9, 2026, a 23-year-old man died after a fight outside a Tim Hortons at 2700 Simcoe Street North, which police called the region’s third homicide of the year.
Police are stepping up community safety efforts. The Central East Division hosted a Community Safety Day in Oshawa on June 4, and Chief Peter Moreira was sworn in as President of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police on June 5, 2026.
